This is what I posted to "Nextdoor."
"To everyone: Folks often post here without bothering to pay attention
to simple spelling and grammar. If your posts are of so little value to
you that they are not worthy of writing at a middle school level, why
should anyone else value your posts? If you want your opinions to be respected, write like reasonably intelligent grownups."
On 1/9/2024 9:41 AM, GM wrote:
On Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 9:23:53 AM UTC-6, Ed P wrote:
On 1/9/2024 8:41 AM, BryanGSimmons wrote:
This is what I posted to "Nextdoor."Yes, I agree. And with that, you don't call women nasty names. When
"To everyone: Folks often post here without bothering to pay attention >>>> to simple spelling and grammar. If your posts are of so little
value to
you that they are not worthy of writing at a middle school level, why
should anyone else value your posts? If you want your opinions to be >>>> respected, write like reasonably intelligent grownups."
you denigrate someone with four language it just makes you look bad.
That is *your* "opinion", Ed...
Nothing wrong with publicly calling out a bilious nagging shrew like
Jill (I assume this is the sitch you are referring to; this also
applies to Janet UK)...
It's 2024, *not* 1884... women are no.longer a weak " protected class
"... they can vote, wear pants, hold professional jobs, initiate
divorce, boast about their orgasms, and even own property in this day
and age, just so ya know...
Ed is old fashioned. Chivalry is a component of male supremacy.
On 1/10/2024 11:34 PM, BryanGSimmons wrote:
On 1/9/2024 9:41 AM, GM wrote:
Ed is old fashioned. Chivalry is a component of male supremacy.
That is *your* "opinion", Ed...
Nothing wrong with publicly calling out a bilious nagging shrew like
Jill (I assume this is the sitch you are referring to; this also
applies to Janet UK)...
It's 2024, *not* 1884... women are no.longer a weak " protected class
"... they can vote, wear pants, hold professional jobs, initiate
divorce, boast about their orgasms, and even own property in this day
and age, just so ya know...
Has nothing to do with supremacy, has everything to do with respect.
Not just women, men too. Did it bother you when someone recently called
you "White Trash"? Do YOU want to be respected?
This is what I posted to "Nextdoor."
"To everyone: Folks often post here without bothering to pay attention
to simple spelling and grammar. If your posts are of so little value to
you that they are not worthy of writing at a middle school level, why
should anyone else value your posts? If you want your opinions to be respected, write like reasonably intelligent grownups."
It pissed off lots of people. Whatever else about most of the folks on
this NG, you write like grownups, not morons. Kuthe should post to
Nextdoor, and maybe when GoogleGroups cuts him off, he will.
Yes, I agree. And with that, you don't call women nasty names. When
you denigrate someone with four language it just makes you look bad.
On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 10:23:47 -0500, Ed P wrote:
Yes, I agree. And with that, you don't call women nasty names. When
you denigrate someone with four language it just makes you look bad.
But how many people on Nextdoor know four languages?!?!
On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 07:41:55 -0600, BryanGSimmons wrote:
It pissed off lots of people. Whatever else about most of the folks on
this NG, you write like grownups, not morons. Kuthe should post to
Nextdoor, and maybe when GoogleGroups cuts him off, he will.
I like to straddle the line on being banned from Nextdoor. I used
to post lots of ambiguous innuendos and most people didn't get
them. Nextdoor is very low-brow-IQ. I don't post there much
anymore.
On 2024-01-12 12:52 a.m., Sqwertz wrote:
I like to straddle the line on being banned from Nextdoor. I used
to post lots of ambiguous innuendos and most people didn't get
them. Nextdoor is very low-brow-IQ. I don't post there much
anymore.
I tried that one or a similar app. I didn't last long. It was our neighbourhood. I live in a town that is an amalgamation of four villages
and this one was for our village and supposedly for local events and information. Most of the group members were from out of town. It wasn't
so bad that some were from the other villages within the town but most
were from other towns and cities, some of them an hour or more away.
Dave, you can drill down on NextDoor to limit posts to specific
neighbohoods. Maybe that feature wasn't there when you tried it.
Still, NextDoor is pretty lame. In this area the posts primarily
consist of people who "lost" their dog or cat. It's practically a daily >occurrence. Conversely, someone's pet shows up on some doorstep and
they're trying to find the owner. The pet sometimes has a collar but no
tag, or a tag that doesn't give a clue who the owner is. (Someone even
lost a $5000 Macaw! That's a parrot, for those who don't know. Good
lord, clip the wing feathers so it can't fly away. It's painless and
your $5000 bird won't fly out the door, which you shouldn't have left
open in the first place.) I had no idea there were so many careless pet >owners in the Beaufort area.
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:54:00 -0500, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
wrote:
Dave, you can drill down on NextDoor to limit posts to specific >>neighbohoods. Maybe that feature wasn't there when you tried it.
Still, NextDoor is pretty lame. In this area the posts primarily
consist of people who "lost" their dog or cat. It's practically a daily >>occurrence. Conversely, someone's pet shows up on some doorstep and >>they're trying to find the owner. The pet sometimes has a collar but no >>tag, or a tag that doesn't give a clue who the owner is. (Someone even >>lost a $5000 Macaw! That's a parrot, for those who don't know. Good
lord, clip the wing feathers so it can't fly away. It's painless and
your $5000 bird won't fly out the door, which you shouldn't have left
open in the first place.) I had no idea there were so many careless pet >>owners in the Beaufort area.
Does one still stick birds in cages in this day and age? And has one
found out what the purpose of this practice is?
On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 03:18:50 +1100, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
Does one still stick birds in cages in this day and age? And has one
found out what the purpose of this practice is?
I had a parrot as a child, he liked to be in his cage at night but the
rest of the time he came and went. My father clipped his wings a
little so he stayed in our trees. He had obviously been with a family
at some stage who had a newborn and he would cry when he saw a child,
I remember one small kid being terribly distressed by it, we couldn't >convince him nothing was wrong.
He did have to be shut in his cage when there were visitors as he
liked to sample their drinks.
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:34:39 -0400, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 03:18:50 +1100, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
Does one still stick birds in cages in this day and age? And has one >>>found out what the purpose of this practice is?
I had a parrot as a child, he liked to be in his cage at night but the
rest of the time he came and went. My father clipped his wings a
little so he stayed in our trees. He had obviously been with a family
at some stage who had a newborn and he would cry when he saw a child,
I remember one small kid being terribly distressed by it, we couldn't >>convince him nothing was wrong.
He did have to be shut in his cage when there were visitors as he
liked to sample their drinks.
We had a parrot too. He could do the sound of our toilet flushing and
he could do my laugh (no, that didn't sound the same). But when you
think about it, it's a terribly cruel thing to do. Get a bird that
should fly around in the Amazon rain forest and put it in a cage for
decades, why?
On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 08:04:54 +1100, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:34:39 -0400, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 03:18:50 +1100, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
Does one still stick birds in cages in this day and age? And has one >>>>found out what the purpose of this practice is?
I had a parrot as a child, he liked to be in his cage at night but the >>>rest of the time he came and went. My father clipped his wings a
little so he stayed in our trees. He had obviously been with a family
at some stage who had a newborn and he would cry when he saw a child,
I remember one small kid being terribly distressed by it, we couldn't >>>convince him nothing was wrong.
He did have to be shut in his cage when there were visitors as he
liked to sample their drinks.
We had a parrot too. He could do the sound of our toilet flushing and
he could do my laugh (no, that didn't sound the same). But when you
think about it, it's a terribly cruel thing to do. Get a bird that
should fly around in the Amazon rain forest and put it in a cage for >>decades, why?
I believe he enjoyed his life and perhaps in the end he had less
worries than a free bird in the Amazon.
Does one still stick birds in cages in this day and age? And has one
found out what the purpose of this practice is?
Bruce wrote:
Does one still stick birds in cages in this day and age? And has oneI've had a parrot for decades and his cage is home to
found out what the purpose of this practice is?
him, he's very friendly, will sit on your shoulder and share
your chips with you nicely.
I usually leave to cage door open if I'm home and he walks
in and out as his leisure for the most part. His wings were
clipped years ago by his previous host, I've never had them
clipped, and for whatever reason he doesn't attempt to fly
very often.
It's just as well that he doesn't fly much, that's the number
one reason for domestic bird injury's, flying indoors.
I've had barn cats that kill squirrel in the house near
him, and for the most part the kitties are afraid oh him.
One thing for sure, a parrot can end up out living it's owner.
Really cool friends though, if you pay attention to them.
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:51:44 -0500, Gregory Morrow <g.morrow@hog.com>
wrote:
Bruce wrote:
Does one still stick birds in cages in this day and age? And has oneI've had a parrot for decades and his cage is home to
found out what the purpose of this practice is?
him, he's very friendly, will sit on your shoulder and share
your chips with you nicely.
I usually leave to cage door open if I'm home and he walks
in and out as his leisure for the most part. His wings were
clipped years ago by his previous host, I've never had them
clipped, and for whatever reason he doesn't attempt to fly
very often.
It's just as well that he doesn't fly much, that's the number
one reason for domestic bird injury's, flying indoors.
I've had barn cats that kill squirrel in the house near
him, and for the most part the kitties are afraid oh him.
One thing for sure, a parrot can end up out living it's owner.
Really cool friends though, if you pay attention to them.
But they shit wherever the shitting is good. I say let's leave this
practice in the previous millennium.
Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:51:44 -0500, Gregory Morrow <g.morrow@hog.com>We all shit, just not down your back.
wrote:
Bruce wrote:
Does one still stick birds in cages in this day and age? And has oneI've had a parrot for decades and his cage is home to
found out what the purpose of this practice is?
him, he's very friendly, will sit on your shoulder and share
your chips with you nicely.
I usually leave to cage door open if I'm home and he walks
in and out as his leisure for the most part. His wings were
clipped years ago by his previous host, I've never had them
clipped, and for whatever reason he doesn't attempt to fly
very often.
It's just as well that he doesn't fly much, that's the number
one reason for domestic bird injury's, flying indoors.
I've had barn cats that kill squirrel in the house near
him, and for the most part the kitties are afraid oh him.
One thing for sure, a parrot can end up out living it's owner.
Really cool friends though, if you pay attention to them.
But they shit wherever the shitting is good. I say let's leave this
practice in the previous millennium.
A small inconvenience for such a life long friend.
Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:05:56 -0500, Gregory Morrow <g.morrow@hog.com>This bird was a rescue from a friend that had a cat
wrote:
We all shit, just not down your back.
A significant difference.
A small inconvenience for such a life long friend.
I can believe it.
that was hell bent on killing the parrot, something
like 22 years ago, and we've been buddies since.
My wife is not in love with him...yet. :P
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:09:23 -0400, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 08:04:54 +1100, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>Nah.
wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:34:39 -0400, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 03:18:50 +1100, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
Does one still stick birds in cages in this day and age? And has one >>>>> found out what the purpose of this practice is?
I had a parrot as a child, he liked to be in his cage at night but the >>>> rest of the time he came and went. My father clipped his wings a
little so he stayed in our trees. He had obviously been with a family >>>> at some stage who had a newborn and he would cry when he saw a child,
I remember one small kid being terribly distressed by it, we couldn't
convince him nothing was wrong.
He did have to be shut in his cage when there were visitors as he
liked to sample their drinks.
We had a parrot too. He could do the sound of our toilet flushing and
he could do my laugh (no, that didn't sound the same). But when you
think about it, it's a terribly cruel thing to do. Get a bird that
should fly around in the Amazon rain forest and put it in a cage for
decades, why?
I believe he enjoyed his life and perhaps in the end he had less
worries than a free bird in the Amazon.
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:05:56 -0500, Gregory Morrow <g.morrow@hog.com>
wrote:
Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:51:44 -0500, Gregory Morrow <g.morrow@hog.com>We all shit, just not down your back.
wrote:
Bruce wrote:
Does one still stick birds in cages in this day and age? And has one >>>>> found out what the purpose of this practice is?I've had a parrot for decades and his cage is home to
him, he's very friendly, will sit on your shoulder and share
your chips with you nicely.
I usually leave to cage door open if I'm home and he walks
in and out as his leisure for the most part. His wings were
clipped years ago by his previous host, I've never had them
clipped, and for whatever reason he doesn't attempt to fly
very often.
It's just as well that he doesn't fly much, that's the number
one reason for domestic bird injury's, flying indoors.
I've had barn cats that kill squirrel in the house near
him, and for the most part the kitties are afraid oh him.
One thing for sure, a parrot can end up out living it's owner.
Really cool friends though, if you pay attention to them.
But they shit wherever the shitting is good. I say let's leave this
practice in the previous millennium.
A significant difference.
A small inconvenience for such a life long friend.
I can believe it.
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:27:40 -0500, Gregory Morrow <g.morrow@hog.com>
wrote:
Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:05:56 -0500, Gregory Morrow <g.morrow@hog.com>This bird was a rescue from a friend that had a cat
wrote:
We all shit, just not down your back.
A significant difference.
A small inconvenience for such a life long friend.
I can believe it.
that was hell bent on killing the parrot, something
like 22 years ago, and we've been buddies since.
Good idea.
My wife is not in love with him...yet. :P
Even though you keep saying to her "But it's a small inconvenience!"
On 1/12/2024 6:37 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:09:23 -0400, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 08:04:54 +1100, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>Nah.
wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:34:39 -0400, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 03:18:50 +1100, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
Does one still stick birds in cages in this day and age? And has one >>>>>> found out what the purpose of this practice is?
I had a parrot as a child, he liked to be in his cage at night but the >>>>> rest of the time he came and went. My father clipped his wings a
little so he stayed in our trees. He had obviously been with a family >>>>> at some stage who had a newborn and he would cry when he saw a child, >>>>> I remember one small kid being terribly distressed by it, we couldn't >>>>> convince him nothing was wrong.
He did have to be shut in his cage when there were visitors as he
liked to sample their drinks.
We had a parrot too. He could do the sound of our toilet flushing and
he could do my laugh (no, that didn't sound the same). But when you
think about it, it's a terribly cruel thing to do. Get a bird that
should fly around in the Amazon rain forest and put it in a cage for
decades, why?
I believe he enjoyed his life and perhaps in the end he had less
worries than a free bird in the Amazon.
That begs the question, should we have any pets? Dog and cats? Fish?
Is it better to be well fed in a human home or to be prey for another
animal in the wild?
On 1/12/2024 6:37 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:09:23 -0400, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
I believe he enjoyed his life and perhaps in the end he had lessNah.
worries than a free bird in the Amazon.
That begs the question, should we have any pets? Dog and cats? Fish?
Is it better to be well fed in a human home or to be prey for another
animal in the wild?
Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:27:40 -0500, Gregory Morrow <g.morrow@hog.com>Yes sort of, she tolerates him but he's not cuddly like
wrote:
This bird was a rescue from a friend that had a cat
that was hell bent on killing the parrot, something
like 22 years ago, and we've been buddies since.
Good idea.
My wife is not in love with him...yet. :P
Even though you keep saying to her "But it's a small inconvenience!"
a doggie or kittie, he tolerates her too, so it's all good.
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:03:20 -0500, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
On 1/12/2024 6:37 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:09:23 -0400, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
I believe he enjoyed his life and perhaps in the end he had lessNah.
worries than a free bird in the Amazon.
That begs the question, should we have any pets? Dog and cats? Fish?
Is it better to be well fed in a human home or to be prey for another
animal in the wild?
Putting an animal in a cage is cruel. I don't think anybody can
disagree with that.
and you give an animal a good home, that's great, I think. Or what
Ophelia did: go to a shelter and get a dog that may only have a few
more years to live and give it a nice old age. That's wonderful. We
may do that for one or two cats later in life. Don't get your animal
from breeders or puppy mills.
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:49:39 -0500, Gregory Morrow <g.morrow@hog.com>
wrote:
Bruce wrote:Our parrot used to bite your arm if it was sitting on it. Not
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:27:40 -0500, Gregory Morrow <g.morrow@hog.com>Yes sort of, she tolerates him but he's not cuddly like
wrote:
This bird was a rescue from a friend that had a cat
that was hell bent on killing the parrot, something
like 22 years ago, and we've been buddies since.
Good idea.
My wife is not in love with him...yet. :P
Even though you keep saying to her "But it's a small inconvenience!"
a doggie or kittie, he tolerates her too, so it's all good.
aggressively, but slowly and hard. Man, did that hurt.
On 1/12/2024 9:57 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:03:20 -0500, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
On 1/12/2024 6:37 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:09:23 -0400, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
I believe he enjoyed his life and perhaps in the end he had lessNah.
worries than a free bird in the Amazon.
That begs the question, should we have any pets? Dog and cats? Fish?
Is it better to be well fed in a human home or to be prey for another
animal in the wild?
Putting an animal in a cage is cruel. I don't think anybody can
disagree with that.
Took your advice and set my goldfish free!. They were so happy, they
just bounced around with joy. They are sleeping now.
But if you go to a cat shelter, dog shelter, etc
and you give an animal a good home, that's great, I think. Or what
Ophelia did: go to a shelter and get a dog that may only have a few
more years to live and give it a nice old age. That's wonderful. We
may do that for one or two cats later in life. Don't get your animal
from breeders or puppy mills.
My granddaughter's in-laws do that. We visited them a few weeks ago and
they have a dog that is deaf and blind, but seems quite happy being
there. Couple of other rescue dogs too.
On 1/12/2024 9:57 PM, Bruce wrote:
Took your advice and set my goldfish free!. They were so happy, they
just bounced around with joy. They are sleeping now.
But if you go to a cat shelter, dog shelter, etc
and you give an animal a good home, that's great, I think. Or what
Ophelia did: go to a shelter and get a dog that may only have a few
more years to live and give it a nice old age. That's wonderful. We
may do that for one or two cats later in life. Don't get your animal
from breeders or puppy mills.
My granddaughter's in-laws do that. We visited them a few weeks ago and they have a dog that is deaf and blind, but seems quite happy being
there. Couple of other rescue dogs too.
On 2024-01-12 12:52 a.m., Sqwertz wrote:
On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 07:41:55 -0600, BryanGSimmons wrote:
It pissed off lots of people. Whatever else about most of the folks on
this NG, you write like grownups, not morons. Kuthe should post to
Nextdoor, and maybe when GoogleGroups cuts him off, he will.
I like to straddle the line on being banned from Nextdoor. I used
to post lots of ambiguous innuendos and most people didn't get
them. Nextdoor is very low-brow-IQ. I don't post there much
anymore.
I tried that one or a similar app. I didn't last long. It was our neighbourhood. I live in a town that is an amalgamation of four villages
and this one was for our village and supposedly for local events and information. Most of the group members were from out of town. It wasn't
so bad that some were from the other villages within the town but most
were from other towns and cities, some of them an hour or more away.
I had no idea there were so many careless pet
owners in the Beaufort area.
Bruce wrote:
Does one still stick birds in cages in this day and age? And has oneI've had a parrot for decades and his cage is home to
found out what the purpose of this practice is?
him, he's very friendly, will sit on your shoulder and share
your chips with you nicely.
I usually leave to cage door open if I'm home and he walks
in and out as his leisure for the most part. His wings were
clipped years ago by his previous host, I've never had them
clipped, and for whatever reason he doesn't attempt to fly
very often.
It's just as well that he doesn't fly much, that's the number
one reason for domestic bird injury's, flying indoors.
I've had barn cats that kill squirrel in the house near
him, and for the most part the kitties are afraid oh him.
One thing for sure, a parrot can end up out living it's owner.
Really cool friends though, if you pay attention to them.
On 1/12/2024 6:37 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:09:23 -0400, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 08:04:54 +1100, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>Nah.
wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:34:39 -0400, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 03:18:50 +1100, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
Does one still stick birds in cages in this day and age? And has one >>>>>> found out what the purpose of this practice is?
I had a parrot as a child, he liked to be in his cage at night but the >>>>> rest of the time he came and went. My father clipped his wings a
little so he stayed in our trees. He had obviously been with a family >>>>> at some stage who had a newborn and he would cry when he saw a child, >>>>> I remember one small kid being terribly distressed by it, we couldn't >>>>> convince him nothing was wrong.
He did have to be shut in his cage when there were visitors as he
liked to sample their drinks.
We had a parrot too. He could do the sound of our toilet flushing and
he could do my laugh (no, that didn't sound the same). But when you
think about it, it's a terribly cruel thing to do. Get a bird that
should fly around in the Amazon rain forest and put it in a cage for
decades, why?
I believe he enjoyed his life and perhaps in the end he had less
worries than a free bird in the Amazon.
That begs the question, should we have any pets? Dog and cats? Fish?
Is it better to be well fed in a human home or to be prey for another
animal in the wild?
We had a parrot too. He could do the sound of our toilet flushing and
he could do my laugh (no, that didn't sound the same). But when you
think about it, it's a terribly cruel thing to do. Get a bird that
should fly around in the Amazon rain forest and put it in a cage for
decades, why?
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:03:20 -0500, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
That begs the question, should we have any pets? Dog and cats? Fish?
Is it better to be well fed in a human home or to be prey for another
animal in the wild?
Well who knows what they think? Maybe they rate their owners, think
their owners are stupid, maybe they are just glad the owners supply
the food etc.
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:54:00 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
I had no idea there were so many careless pet
owners in the Beaufort area.
And in other neighborhoods, people who don't lock their car doors
with their laptops inside. Even though they read about other
people's cars getting ransacked and stuff stolen at least weekly.
Stupid people don't realize how stupid they are and always insist
they're smarter than everyone else.
On 2024-01-13 5:25 a.m., Sqwertz wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:54:00 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
I had no idea there were so many careless pet
owners in the Beaufort area.
And in other neighborhoods, people who don't lock their car doors
with their laptops inside. Even though they read about other
people's cars getting ransacked and stuff stolen at least weekly.
My wife has been known to leave a purse in plain sight in the car when
she goes with her walking groups. She takes a second on with her wallet.
What a fool I am to suggest that someone would break into a locked car
to steal an empty purse. She rarely locks the car in our driveway. I
haven't given up entirely on telling her. In fact, I frequently check
her car doors when I come home or when I go out and I have to tell her
again to lock it. It is not just self protection. I don't want to make
it easy for the low life types who roam around at night stealing stuff
from cars.
Stupid people don't realize how stupid they are and always insist
they're smarter than everyone else.
I can't say that I am strongly opposed to vigilante justice to deal with
the people stealing from cars but I am not terribly sympathetic to
people who leave valuable and important items in cars, especially when
they do not lock them. They are naive not to realize that there are
people out there who are actively looking for unlocked cars to steal from.
On 1/12/2024 6:37 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:09:23 -0400, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
I believe he enjoyed his life and perhaps in the end he had lessNah.
worries than a free bird in the Amazon.
That begs the question, should we have any pets? Dog and cats? Fish?
Is it better to be well fed in a human home or to be prey for another
animal in the wild?
On 1/13/2024 9:31 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
I can't say that I am strongly opposed to vigilante justice to deal
with the people stealing from cars but I am not terribly sympathetic
to people who leave valuable and important items in cars, especially
when they do not lock them. They are naive not to realize that there
are people out there who are actively looking for unlocked cars to
steal from.
Rarely lock my car. Only thing of value is a part box of Tic Tacs.
Twice, locked cars parked near me were damaged Convertible top cut,
window broken.
Many guns are stolen from cars. How dumb to leave one in a car.
On 2024-01-13 5:25 a.m., Sqwertz wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:54:00 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
I had no idea there were so many careless pet
owners in the Beaufort area.
And in other neighborhoods, people who don't lock their car doors
with their laptops inside. Even though they read about other
people's cars getting ransacked and stuff stolen at least weekly.
My wife has been known to leave a purse in plain sight in the car when
she goes with her walking groups. She takes a second on with her wallet.
What a fool I am to suggest that someone would break into a locked car
to steal an empty purse. She rarely locks the car in our driveway.
This is what I posted to "Nextdoor."
"To everyone: Folks often post here without bothering to pay attention
to simple spelling and grammar. If your posts are of so little value
to you that they are not worthy of writing at a middle school level,
why should anyone else value your posts? If you want your opinions to
be respected, write like reasonably intelligent grownups."
It pissed off lots of people. Whatever else about most of the folks on
this NG, you write like grownups, not morons. Kuthe should post to
Nextdoor, and maybe when GoogleGroups cuts him off, he will.
counterproductive.
Stupid people don't realize how stupid they are and always insist
they're smarter than everyone else.
-sw
On 2024-01-12, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
We had a parrot too. He could do the sound of our toilet flushing and
he could do my laugh (no, that didn't sound the same). But when you
think about it, it's a terribly cruel thing to do. Get a bird that
should fly around in the Amazon rain forest and put it in a cage for
decades, why?
To let them live an easy life, keep them away from harpy eagles and know >they'll outlive you.
Stupid people don't realize how stupid they are and always insist
they're smarter than everyone else.
On 1/13/2024 9:31 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
I can't say that I am strongly opposed to vigilante justice to deal with
the people stealing from cars but I am not terribly sympathetic to
people who leave valuable and important items in cars, especially when
they do not lock them. They are naive not to realize that there are
people out there who are actively looking for unlocked cars to steal from. >>
Rarely lock my car. Only thing of value is a part box of Tic Tacs.
Twice, locked cars parked near me were damaged Convertible top cut,
window broken.
On 2024-01-09 13:41:55 +0000, BryanGSimmons said:
This is what I posted to "Nextdoor."
"To everyone: Folks often post here without bothering to pay attention
to simple spelling and grammar. If your posts are of so little value
to you that they are not worthy of writing at a middle school level,
why should anyone else value your posts? If you want your opinions to
be respected, write like reasonably intelligent grownups."
It pissed off lots of people. Whatever else about most of the folks on
this NG, you write like grownups, not morons. Kuthe should post to
Nextdoor, and maybe when GoogleGroups cuts him off, he will.
LOLOLOL
You are the least eductated schlub here!! .. FULL BLOODED INBRED WHITE
TRASH RU.
On 2024-01-13 10:34 a.m., Ed P wrote:
On 1/13/2024 9:31 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
I can't say that I am strongly opposed to vigilante justice to deal
with the people stealing from cars but I am not terribly sympathetic
to people who leave valuable and important items in cars, especially
when they do not lock them. They are naive not to realize that there
are people out there who are actively looking for unlocked cars to
steal from.
Rarely lock my car. Only thing of value is a part box of Tic Tacs.
Twice, locked cars parked near me were damaged Convertible top cut,
window broken.
I can't believe the number of times I have read about laptops and
similar items have been stolen from cars. It is also surprising to see
how many people leave cash in the car. It is common for some people to
leave coins for parking meters.
On 2024-01-13 5:25 a.m., Sqwertz wrote:
Stupid people don't realize how stupid they are and always insist
they're smarter than everyone else.
That is a thing. It is called the Dunning-Kruger Effect. It has been >researched and they found that stupid people don't know enough to know
how stupid they are. People with lower abilities don't have the skills
or knowledge to realize how little they know.
On Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 5:18:48 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBggAEBYQHjoHCCMQ6gIQJzoECCMQJzoLCC4QsQMQxwEQowI6BQgAELEDOgUILhCxAzoICAAQsQMQgwE6CAguEMcBEK8BOggILhCxAxCDAToCCC46CwguEMcBEK8BEJMCOgIIADoFCAAQyQM6BQgAEJIDOggIABCxAxDJAzoECAAQCjoICC4QxwEQowI6CAgAEBYQChAeOggIIRAWEB0QHjoFCCEQoAFQ1SdYqnpgk31oAnA
On 2024-01-12 9:03 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 1/12/2024 6:37 PM, Bruce wrote:https://www.google.ca/search?q=dead+parrot+sketch&btnK=Google+Search&sxsrf=ALeKk03YIr9n9T_5sFWyItoGS8dMb6tZYw%3A1620668729057&source=hp&ei=OXGZYI8Q0om2Bd_7pTA&iflsig=AINFCbYAAAAAYJl_SZp_oGf_SLRzmsnjod7EaqQtl3Ak&oq=photo+war+of+1812+veterans&gs_lcp=
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:09:23 -0400, lucr...@florence.it wrote:
I believe he enjoyed his life and perhaps in the end he had lessNah.
worries than a free bird in the Amazon.
That begs the question, should we have any pets? Dog and cats? Fish?
Is it better to be well fed in a human home or to be prey for another
animal in the wild?
rfc loves long links. That metadata is giving out info on your past searches, >your computer and browser, and god knows what else. Yoose guys should
know better.
On 1/12/2024 9:14 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2024-01-12 12:52 a.m., Sqwertz wrote:
I like to straddle the line on being banned from Nextdoor. I used
to post lots of ambiguous innuendos and most people didn't get
them. Nextdoor is very low-brow-IQ. I don't post there much
anymore.
I tried that one or a similar app. I didn't last long. It was our neighbourhood. I live in a town that is an amalgamation of four
villages and this one was for our village and supposedly for local
events and information. Most of the group members were from out
of town. It wasn't so bad that some were from the other villages
within the town but most were from other towns and cities, some of
them an hour or more away.
Dave, you can drill down on NextDoor to limit posts to specific
neighbohoods. Maybe that feature wasn't there when you tried it.
Still, NextDoor is pretty lame. In this area the posts primarily
consist of people who "lost" their dog or cat. It's practically a
daily occurrence. Conversely, someone's pet shows up on some
doorstep and they're trying to find the owner. The pet sometimes has
a collar but no tag, or a tag that doesn't give a clue who the owner
is. (Someone even lost a $5000 Macaw! That's a parrot, for those
who don't know. Good lord, clip the wing feathers so it can't fly
away. It's painless and your $5000 bird won't fly out the door,
which you shouldn't have left open in the first place.) I had no
idea there were so many careless pet owners in the Beaufort area.
NextDoor has also become increasingly commercial. Many of the posts
are nothing but advertising.
Although I have to say, NextDoor was helpful when the rice rat got
into the laundry room through the broken dryer vent cap last year.
My mention of it on NextDoor, along with the photo of a pile of
acorns in the chewed through dryer hose, garnered an immediate
response from a local handyman. Turns out he used to work for Dataw Security. He went to Lowes Hardware, picked up a new vent cap and
hose. He cleaned up the acorn mess in the laundry room, installed
the new hose and vent cap. He only charged me for the (very
inexpensive) parts + $25 for the work. It saved me the time and
trouble of having to drive across town to Lowes and do the repairs
myself. :)
Jill
On Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 11:18:24 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBggAEBYQHjoHCCMQ6gIQJzoECCMQJzoLCC4QsQMQxwEQowI6BQgAELEDOgUILhCxAzoICAAQsQMQgwE6CAguEMcBEK8BOggILhCxAxCDAToCCC46CwguEMcBEK8BEJMCOgIIADoFCAAQyQM6BQgAEJIDOggIABCxAxDJAzoECAAQCjoICC4QxwEQowI6CAgAEBYQChAeOggIIRAWEB0QHjoFCCEQoAFQ1SdYqnpgk31oAnA
On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:02:38 -0800 (PST), dsi1
<dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote:
On Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 5:18:48 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2024-01-12 9:03 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 1/12/2024 6:37 PM, Bruce wrote:https://www.google.ca/search?q=dead+parrot+sketch&btnK=Google+Search&sxsrf=ALeKk03YIr9n9T_5sFWyItoGS8dMb6tZYw%3A1620668729057&source=hp&ei=OXGZYI8Q0om2Bd_7pTA&iflsig=AINFCbYAAAAAYJl_SZp_oGf_SLRzmsnjod7EaqQtl3Ak&oq=photo+war+of+1812+veterans&gs_lcp=
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:09:23 -0400, lucr...@florence.it wrote:
I believe he enjoyed his life and perhaps in the end he had lessNah.
worries than a free bird in the Amazon.
That begs the question, should we have any pets? Dog and cats? Fish?
Is it better to be well fed in a human home or to be prey for another >> >> > animal in the wild?
"Howzit, cuz! RFC stay likin' those long links, yeah? But those
rfc loves long links. That metadata is giving out info on your past searches,
your computer and browser, and god knows what else. Yoose guys should
know better.
things, they tellin' all kine stories. They talkin' 'bout your past
searches, your computer, your browser, even the gods know what else!
Gotta watch out, eh? You guys, you know how it is. Gotta keep things
on the down-low."
Yoose guys are even more clueless about computers than you are about food.
That's pretty frightening.
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:03:20 -0500, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
On 1/12/2024 6:37 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:09:23 -0400, lucretia@florence.it wrote:
I believe he enjoyed his life and perhaps in the end he had less
worries than a free bird in the Amazon.
Nah.
That begs the question, should we have any pets? Dog and cats?
Fish? Is it better to be well fed in a human home or to be prey
for another animal in the wild?
Putting an animal in a cage is cruel. I don't think anybody can
disagree with that. But if you go to a cat shelter, dog shelter, etc
and you give an animal a good home, that's great, I think. Or what
Ophelia did: go to a shelter and get a dog that may only have a few
more years to live and give it a nice old age. That's wonderful. We
may do that for one or two cats later in life. Don't get your animal
from breeders or puppy mills.
Ophelia was not unique here. In fact, no one here has adopted from
other than rescue. I'm on number 7&8 now here. I adopt the ones no
one will due to age or medical conditions. Everyone else with pets,
Jill, Sheldon etc. did rescue pets.
We here did not deserve your self centered lecture
, especially when you have never adopted a rescue pet per no mention of one here.
On 2024-01-12 10:09 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 1/12/2024 9:57 PM, Bruce wrote:
Took your advice and set my goldfish free!. They were so happy,
they just bounced around with joy. They are sleeping now.
But if you go to a cat shelter, dog shelter, etc
and you give an animal a good home, that's great, I think. Or what Ophelia did: go to a shelter and get a dog that may only have a
few more years to live and give it a nice old age. That's
wonderful. We may do that for one or two cats later in life.
Don't get your animal from breeders or puppy mills.
My last four dogs have been second hand. One was adopted from the
Humane society at age 18 months. A little loving and some training
and he became a great pet. The next was we got from a friend of a
friend whose family circumstances made it impossible to care for the
dog properly. He had been well trained and he quickly fit in here. He
was loyal and loving, a great dog. The next one had originally been
Hurricane Katrina and was being evicted from the trailer park in
Florida where the family spent their winters. He was a handful but
he eventually settled down and was a nice dog. The current one we
took over from a couple who were no longer able to care for him. The
groomer and dog sitter who knew him before think he is so much
happier than we had been before. I didn't have to train him to come.
He just loves to be around us.
My granddaughter's in-laws do that. We visited them a few weeks
ago and they have a dog that is deaf and blind, but seems quite
happy being there. Couple of other rescue dogs too.
Dave Smith wrote:
Yes, I recall your Katrina gift. A tiny sliver of light at a terrible
time. That was my Great Dane Prince, who's owner died of covid before
there were vaccines. Prince graced our lives for 9 months before he
passed of old age in his sleep.
I look back and laugh when I remember Prince. Dang fellow was as tall
as me! Talk about serious counter surfing!
On 2024-01-09 13:41:55 +0000, BryanGSimmons said:
This is what I posted to "Nextdoor."
You are the least eductated schlub here!!
.. FULL BLOODED INBRED WHITE TRASH RU.
On 2024-01-13 8:37 p.m., cshenk wrote:
Dave Smith wrote:
Yes, I recall your Katrina gift. A tiny sliver of light at a
terrible time. That was my Great Dane Prince, who's owner died of
covid before there were vaccines. Prince graced our lives for 9
months before he passed of old age in his sleep.
I look back and laugh when I remember Prince. Dang fellow was as
tall as me! Talk about serious counter surfing!
Big dogs can be a challenge. They need to be well trained. That
Malinois from Florida was dangerous with my wife. He pulled her off
her feet many times. Her injuries included scrapped knees, a sprained
foot and a broken finger. He was a very difficult to train. A long
range big dog electric training collar was a godsend. He wasn't an exceptionally big dog but he was powerful and high energy.
The first dog my wife and I had was a Bouvier des Flandres. You don't
really notice how big your dog is getting when you see it every day,
but one day when she was about 9 months old she was sitting beside
the kitchen table and looking down at our food.
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